Tag: Falls Church VA

Wikipedia says: During the American Civil War Falls Church voted 44–26 in favor of secession. The Confederate Army occupied the then village of Falls Church as well as Munson’s and Upton’s hills to the East, probably due to their views of Washington, D.C.. On September 28, 1861, Confederate troops withdrew from Falls Church and nearby hills, retreating to the heights at Centreville. Union troops took Munson’s and Upton’s hills, yet the village was never entirely brought under Union rule. Mosby’s Raiders made several armed incursions into the heart of Falls Church to kidnap and murder suspected Northern sympathizers in 1864 and 1865.